Kenya's athletes run during a training session in Nairobi, ahead of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing in this August 5, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has increased efforts to root out doping ahead of the Rio Olympics, the Kenyan athletics federation chief said on Friday, rejecting concerns by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it is failing to tackle drugs cheats.
Isaac Mwangi, chief executive of Athletics Kenya (AK), said a new national anti-doping agency was carrying out more drugs testing and said Kenya would soon pass its first anti-doping laws.
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